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When I was nine, I walked into my bedroom to find my favorite teddy bear, Waffles, hanging by his neck from a piece of bailing twine one of my brothers had attached to my pink porcelain light fixture. The bottoms of his perfe - I Bruise Easily [edit] at allpoetry
---Year One---
- not sure yet at allpoetry
I'll swim ten feet into you
and maybe only nine feet back. - reserving my spot at allpoetry
for something (hopefully) marvelous... - Drawing the Line at allpoetry
There is a fine line between life and death,
between beginnings and the bitter end. - Tectonic Love at allpoetry
She.
She is sunrise kisses and guitar-string wishes. Sometimes she thumbs through old photo albums just to be sure she actually exists. She fills her journal with poetry, because when she tries to speak, it always comes out a - Balance of Power at allpoetry
i.
She stares at him through the narrow salad-nacho window, boldy defying the stainless steel boundary intended to separate the cooks from the waitresses. His screen is full of late tickets, but he can only ignore her for so - Amputee at allpoetry
Ghost Pains.
- Mouth to Mouth at allpoetry
The sky that first night
was a perfect reflection - Monopoly at allpoetry
I used to be free.
Free to choose whomever I wanted, - That Summer at allpoetry
That summer, I never wore a
single stitch of make-up, - Terms of Surrender at allpoetry
I have been frozen for so long.
- Better Without You at allpoetry
Your haughty eyes were
a slap in the face - Whiskey Moment at allpoetry
Ebony night sky our Imax Theatre,
we lay atop that water tower, - Lacutis Of Borg at allpoetry
I--We--
- Predator at allpoetry
I detect your intent, it's there in your scent,
carnal boldness I used to resent. - The Least of These at allpoetry
In my purse
is every penny - Reserved at allpoetry
to come - A Letter to my Eighteen-Year-Old Self at allpoetry
coming soon - Last Stand at allpoetry
I stood there.
- untitled at allpoetry
An urge so strong I struggle to contain it,
a passion wild and reckless...logic can't explain it - Containment at allpoetry
Once again, our swords clash,
creating new wounds - Cover-Up at allpoetry
Blemishes,
skin-deep reflections - Sheol at allpoetry
Shadowed.
- Vapor at allpoetry
Final breaths nearly spent. - Spin Cycle at allpoetry
We used to meet here at the Wash-n-Dry. - Epiphany at allpoetry
You were coming my way. My heart stopped. - [ My soul cries out in anguish, ] at allpoetry
My soul cries out in anguish, for I have been betrayed by the one I love. - Survival of the Fittest at allpoetry
I was alone. Vulnerable. - Line 20 at allpoetry
The sun on the horizon slowly tiptoes across the meadows - The Silent Treatment at allpoetry
You and I used to talk all the time. I shared all my deepest secrets with You. - Something about baseball at allpoetry
Reserved - Here I Sit at allpoetry
Here I Sit, I cough and choke. - Eternal Woman at allpoetry
Mothers Give... Children take. - Never Enough at allpoetry
I must have started and stopped this poem at least a half a dozen times.
